The demand for accounting conservatism for management control

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-52

  Kwon, Young K ^a   Paul Newman, D ^b,d   Suh, Yoon S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting conservatism; Limited liability; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011293832     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011330003876     Document Type: Article

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